How are you guys doing on your Christmas shopping? I know some people who are already done and I just don’t know how they do it. I have my son done and that’s it. I look at the calendar every day thinking “I have a month…”, ” I have three weeks…”, “Oh man, I only have two weeks left!!” I really need to get cracking…
Good news is that I got one more person down today! I finished this M&M gift set for my husband’s best friend. He collects anything M&M and has quite a large collection. I was having a hard time with figuring out what to get for him. (Somehow, I am responsible for finding everyone’s gifts, don’t know how that happened.) Well, when I got my new issue of Food Magazine and saw the candy filled ornaments, a light bulb went off! Since I had so much fun making my Disney ornaments, I made him M&M gift set filled with candy!
This gift set is very easy to make. It consists of an M&M ornament and M&M Candy Snow Globe. I found a plastic clear ornament and a plastic clear snow globe at Michaels. The best part is that it was on 50% off… Score!!
~I used green and red holiday M&Ms to fill the ornament and white holiday M&Ms to fill the snow globe.
~To paint the M&Ms, I used Martha Stewart all purpose paints.
~To paint the ornament top and the snow globe lid, I used gold gilding.
I was trying to make the M&M smirk but he came a little evil. My husband was saying that he was daring to “come and get his candy, if you dare!” I feel like there should be an evil “muahahaha” laugh voice box attached to it. May be I’ll work on that. But no matter how mischievous, I still think he is cute.
* I am linking this recipe to THESE GREAT PARTIES, in my party tab. Why don’t you visit the wonderful hosts and link some of your own projects!?
Connect With ME!!!
Very cute!
Thank you!
Super cute
Thank you!
So fun and cute!!! Great job on the painting too!
What a cute idea!
Wonderful! I love all your goodies! Very vibrant and festive!
Thanks for sharing.
Leticia
yummy! my kids would love to find that under the tree!
What a fun and creative gift idea! I often have to figure out the gifts for everyone, too, and it can be challenging. I think it’s perfect for someone who collects M&M stuff!
Very cute and very creative.
I’d definitely love to get such a gift
What a fun idea! I don’t think I have enough chocolate laying around to fill the ornament though haha
It never lasts long! I would be thrilled to have you share this at my party going on!
http://www.pincushioncreations.com/2012/12/homemade-by-you-41.html
What a fun idea!
http://amrsandamama.wordpress.com/
I love M & M’s! What a cute idea!
That is so fun and who doesn’t love M&M’s?
This is so cute! I had a roomie in college who collected all things M&M’s too. This reminds me of her. I’ve seen these flat ornaments at Michaels and have been meaning to go back and get a set. Maybe I’ll have to do that this weekend before they’re gone.:) Love the snow globe too!
CUTE! My kiddos love M&M’s (and so do I) they would love this.
That is such a fun and great idea!